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Newspaper Headlines: Marketers kick as Port Harcourt refinery faces shutdown

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
May 24, 2025 8:20 am

Reports on the supreme court judgment on the management of recovered assets and issues pertaining to the coalition of opposition leaders dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the federal government has concluded plans to sell the 759 duplexes seized from Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to low and middle-income Nigerians. The newspaper says the Port Harcourt Refining Company will be shut down any time soon to undergo a maintenance exercise that could last for 30 days.
The Nation reports that leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said they are ready to welcome Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom, to the party. The newspaper says the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has hinted at the possibility of a strike over the failure of the federal government to address outstanding issues of the union.
Daily Trust’s cover story highlights the political conditions that will influence the formation of a coalition by opposition politicians ahead of the 2027 elections. The newspaper says the federal government has threatened that any airline found airlifting passengers into Nigeria without a valid entry visa, landing, and exit cards would be sanctioned.
Vanguard’s cover story focuses on the assessment of the performance of President Bola Tinubu after two years in office. The newspaper says Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, said the federal government has jettisoned the idea of a national carrier, adding that the focus is on supporting the growth of local carriers.
The Guardian reports that Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has ordered the closure of the PDP secretariat and 4,793 other properties revoked by the federal capital territory administration (FCTA) over non-payment of ground rents. The newspaper says supporters of Tinubu are working to ensure that the president is overwhelmingly victorious in southern states during the 2027 elections.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the supreme court has dismissed a suit filed by the 36 state governments challenging the federal government’s management of recovered looted funds. The newspaper says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday visited Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun, at the latter’s country home in Ilesa.

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